Pilotwings
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| Pilotwings | |
| Publisher: | Nintendo |
| Developer: | Nintendo |
| Platform: | SNES |
| Rated: | ESRB:  Everyone
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| Genre: | Flying simulator |
| Released: | SNES 1990 1991 1992Virtual Console |
Pilotwings is a video game released for the SNES on launch day. It is a flight simulator game that requires you to drive multiple different aerial vehicles (such as the Light plane, the rocket belt, and others.). It is known as one of the first games to use the Super Nintendo's Mode 7 texture mapping graphics mode (other games include F-Zero, Super Mario Kart, multiple RPG's, and more.).
[edit] Types of vehicles
There are a total of five vehicles within this game. The following are a list of them, including what each one is able to do.
- Light Plane - In the light plane event, you must multiple circles and then land on the ground.
- Rocket Belt -
- Hang Glider -
- Skydiving -
- Helicopter -
[edit] Sequel(s)
A sequel was developed on the Nintendo 64 titled Pilotwings 64. There was a Pilotwings game for GameCube in development, but was canceled. It is rumoured that a sequel might be released on the Wii, on the account that there was a demo showcased at E3 2006. In a dream Wii games section in Issue #31 of ONM, where the staff each said which classic Nintendo game they'd like to see on the Wii, "Pilotwings Wii" was one of them.
